Telegram-herald., 1887-03-20


7 trust you entirely. I trust yoa with
my last messxge-to bert Now go
Il shall see you agRin'" eatfests she,
lingering.
II hops nOti hope from my soul
nots''
For the frst time his c0mposuTe seems
10 desert him He grows CHASTITY pale,
and ft Of shixerae seixes Hpon him.
"You are iD-you are sG1er-Dgi' cries
his mother quickly.
"No n Is nothing. Only eoi I
m, be alone for awhile, and nay time is
short. Gooc-by.
stoopins, he presses his lips to her fore
head.
.'FOr tie monente' she answers snz-
ious.y.
"Good-by"
There is no denial OF her question in his
manner, and shs Is fain 70 be content
with H. She clinFs 20 bun, and embraces
him warmly; al embrace BE returl4 IN
kind She moves az II 70 leave hiin. Al
most as she reaches the door, IL voice
stops her.
zone word" he SAYS huskily. "Do
not--do net be unksnd 70 herl When
am gone, do not Ahow OF feel resentment
toward hcrl'
lie makes her a sign with his hand 70
declare he has said al he had called her
20 hear, and G ling out, she closes the door
behind her
The sound Of ber refreaiinR footsteps
has died away lie Il alonei lie stretches
orIt hts arms wearily. as one might who
has just flung from him some cruel bur
den. and drawing back the curtains, opens
IL. ,.gc,., .~aVa.s asfF,F
growing day. Already the sun has
mounted the heavens, and from The ca 4
soft rosy bars Of tremulous light are ds-
scending npon the distant hill tops. From
among the iauTeis comes the thrilling
music of innumerablo birds: from the
wood the ceoinE Il the gentle pigeons.
A rose t.. has climbed up be wall more
ambitious than Us fellows, tbrusts It's
scented petals into his hand.
Mechanically be accepts the gfft. and
| breaking the flower frc;n its stem, inhales
its perfumc II is sweet with cew, aud
sweet as only q morning rose can be, with
all the cool moisture & the dead past
nigAt still on Il, and buried Ia 80 heart.
! Boyle. still as IL without thought, hEvirg
triaed with the flower, carries IL 10 a table
near and puts out his hand toward vase
.illed with water. The action r0nses him.
/ He checks himself, and after a brief
pause fiings the flower upon the ground.
| lie had been about 90 place IL Ia the
water with a view 20 its preservation
when tAat rcvulsion Of feeling came over
/ him. To save IL from instant destruction
why; That be might see IL upon the
morrow, The morrow Where viii he
be fheni
He sets his heel upon the flower and
crushcs IL out of All loveline>s. Death u
rushing ward him or swift black wings
shall that senseless flower Ice spared
1t IS very poor, very psltry bit q
malice, yet II nfrves him, and brings hirT
again face 20 face with his indofnisabi'
/ resolve.
Crossing the room. he opens q css'
lying upon bureau and draws from IL .
revolver lie rms bis hand lightly orel
-, and the cool touch Of lhe steel SCENT
n steady him. HsvinQ assured hilnsel
that IL IS loaded he LAYS it down aeaiu
and turns 70 a writing table.
Iiis hand is firm. tic writing bold ~
/ ever. A few words, explaining where to-
famous sapphires now disnantlea and
unset may be found in his rooms in town
/ are addressed - bis mother. Bold words
with no endearing commencement, nc ~
phires .re Of DO further use II a. weI
/ thst NIliicsnf should l4ve them again.
Re nlngs the pen aside. and- rising 4
his feet. paces hurried = np and down ~
room &c can walk now But IKE
! nasb Il bsrsts upon hiu8 tl4st soon move
ment VIII be Impossible Taere upon ~
earpet he lies ike Etzck--a stone gb'
great grHnd fgrcr q Irving il tsarins
through LIS veins. lis pulses thrph. 81
hesIt henis-therx are vcars - life wiihiT
The tai, slender. aImiy hEilt frame tia
I looks ifs lkst through tbe oueu wiroow
The esfle morning AZ. fresh sne fragrant
rueies reylT 81 Hea~ens' hov fziT 81
world e, Was Il ever 50 far ns today
lie takes - fhe rvsoires again sDd ~
II 70 hfs meath. There "a q shori keti1 ~
ticn His rrind trsveit backward. l3i
brain reefs. There there Ets s. b.
fore him aEatri A slight form. ciothe'
81 fu polzst hue. A faCe Gitiusi Pc
lsveiy airs B@r sves-oaFk -iiqnid
So. rov. fllev CLEAN for--DgYnni Cure
hir To him she bclss out ber hands
70 him shs gives herself She turns
A cToa1 of erorizsd rsruers branc'
bursts from Ne lips Then follo-s
sharp report u rfngs ttifoush TIE house
ne swsFk. snd . eosTre, dishgures in
bo~Tsbls BsaBneT. fails beaTAy r. tba
ground Al is oTer
Throuxh TIE xlrd0w tie Iietst brsez
enfert rasrT1ly. nns roetiug 3s~nwsl1
l.fts ths lasf. thst - stiN unvst. from AZ
o@sE mas heed. ard sofflr. oeoestsis
sDlsvs via ~ 1f--s s. r1ly tbe hreezf
A. o<hsr n15sr is gous Sc iflts1st Z
TIE silel,cs tfsft - gas within ths char.
ber thst rDy Bird en- saidere1 e i
rertbes ~ rs el q fht ~n6ov, az
hresks ferfb irto = E4oTn.ng carol lou'
spS khrizI es-ei1 a r-ouisr rafhsF
kn6 now sne sileBce is broken. 1trst2 81
ths passages bsy0nd cgf0eF tbs soaxo 9
furrviug feet 1atFt = saf fhEf RUS -
fore re ofbsrs. keereF- neare1 theT eoDss
ss6 stEl the ksrd csxtis. fbs wiBs pis7s-
sL.s dead ulEz bss there. les<--Bn
( krc~1
4 teufs upeT t1le hsnSlt - t1.s 5oca
10 vna ef5n revf}e Gel ifeses< freaers
f8f ths bird hss G0Vn svsT Tbs aoe
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